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Sarah Palin's new book isn't even on shelves yet but it’s already making headlines. Set to be released next week, 'Going Rogue' is Amazon's Number 1 best-seller among pre-orders and the mere whiff of its contents, which have trickled out despite a tight embargo, is generating a media frenzy.
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Stick it to the media

There’s been one consistent theme in the public remarks Palin has made since the campaign ended—the mainstream media is biased and unfair.

She has made the point in interviews and in her responses to numerous stories written about her in the last year.

Conservative radio host John Ziegler, who interviewed Palin for his movie “Media Malpractice,” a film that criticized the media’s treatment of her, said that “the most important thing for her is to finally set the record straight and tell the real story in her own words without the incredibly biased media filter.”

“The book tour will be cathartic for her and her supporters who feel, quite justifiably, that she has been unfairly vilified by a media they no longer trust and this will give them the chance to show everyone that they know the real Sarah Palin,” said Ziegler, who has remained in contact with Palin.

Indeed, Palin has already attacked the first media outlet to obtain a copy of her book, writing Friday on her Facebook page that the Associated Press was “erroneously reporting” on her book.

The pre-arranged book tour interviews are another reflection of Palin’s desire to bypass reporters—she kicks off her tour with an “Oprah” interview and the only member of the mainstream media she intends to talk to is television personality and celebrity interviewer Barbara Walters.

Send a message to the establishment

Palin has never been close to establishment elites and has a rocky relationship even with Republican Party leaders. And there are few signs that she needs their affirmation to remain relevant.

The book tour gives her an opportunity to flaunt that independence, as well as flex her political muscle by attracting huge, friendly crowds that will serve as a reminder of her popularity.

With each stop at one of the many Borders or Barnes & Noble she will visit, Palin is likely to remind the political establishment of her remarkable ability to attract crowds and create buzz—and why neither party can afford to ignore her.

Burnish her image as a serious figure

Despite her immense popularity in conservative circles, the circus sideshow atmosphere that often surrounds her limits her ability to establish herself as a serious politician. And that’s one of the high bars she needs to get over with many voters if she has any interest in running national office.

An October CNN/Opinion Research poll, for example, found that 71 percent of respondents do not believe Palin is qualified to be president.

The former Alaska governor has taken steps of late to show more sophisticated policy credentials, writing op-eds and detailed criticisms of the House and Senate health care bills on her Facebook page.

She’s even taken steps to downplay the chaos that sometimes seems to envelop her personal life by explaining in her interview with Oprah that she is “not really into the drama.”

“I’m watching her take the limelight to begin to redefine herself. There’s a lot of repair work that needs to be done after Katie Couric and Levi Johnston successfully cloaked her with a hillbilly image. She’s lost the confidence of a lot of people after quitting the governor’s job,” said one former Palin staffer from Alaska.

“She needs to recast herself,” said the staffer, who remains tied to Palin’s inner circle. “The book tour puts her back in front of the microphone to try and counter all the crazy stuff that built up around her over the past four months.”

One of this loser's 5 goals is - To Burnish Her Image - Ha! Too little too late.

This woman is so pathetic, she can't write (can barely read or speak) so she hires a Bible Thumper to help her with this book.

Even John McCain calls the book petty and pathetic, yet, people will buy it out of a sock type of curiosity, like just having to smell that milk that you know is spoiled based on the date on the carton.

It appears the right hasn't finished with its political purification yet. As a Democrat I think the most fitting and dramatic conclusion to their purification ritual would be the strangulation of the last Republican with the entrails of the last Conservative. Whaddya think?

Go Sarah Palin! Looking forward to the real deal truth from one politician in this country who isn't afraid to call the Obama administration out for all it is.

A real American who now has a chance to finally do things her way, not under McCain's staff. Seems like a fresh approach is coming for our nation. The Mao-lovers in the WH have done enough damage, and Palin has run a budget and a profitable state. Obama has just spent more money this year than Clinton did in 8 years,, spend, borrow, and nothing gets done. now he's going over to China to beg for more funds. Americans are tired of nada, zip, results with alot of debt.